[plug] Backing up to DVD

[Shayne O'Neill]

backup pc is utterly the bomb. Its awesome. I've struggled heaps with
backup stuff, particularly since we have such a diverse environment at
work. Linux server. Linux app server/terminals. Os/X boxes. OS/9
Boxes/ Windows. But with the exception of the Os/9 boxes (handled
admirably by another app) , backuppc is perfect because it doesnt require
any client software on the linux boxes and I think on the Os/X boxes
(havent deployed there yet.) For the rest, use rsync.

The interface is sooo nice.

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On 16 Jan 2005, Gavin Chester wrote:

> On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 11:44, Lee de Byl wrote:
> > Hi,
> > This is my first post to the PLUG list, so if I show my ignorance, please
> > excuse me.
>
> I'm only carrying a month or so of "experience" to this list myself so I
> hope my suggestion has relevance ;^)
>
> > I'm trying to implement a routine backup system for my home network,
> > using
> > DVD as the medium. I'm using a LG 4082B DVD burner, supporting DVD+R(W),
> > DVD-R(W) and DVD-RAM. It's installed in a machine running a 2.4 kernel,
> > which has NOT been patched for packet writing or UDF writing.
> >
> > I'm planning on using tar to do incremental backups, and I want to avoid
> > having to create intermediate files on the hard drive (tars and ISOs)
> > - ie
> > writing directly to the media.
>
> Two good tools for backup are rsync and backuppc.
>
> http://rsync.samba.org
> a HowTo is given in this article:
> http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/March2004/article326.shtm
>
> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/info.html
> A user on the backuppc list recently posted a link to his
> step by step HOWTO for fedora:
> http://www.mybizguard.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=10
>
> Using either saves having to tar the files.  Backuppc uses compression
> and (I believe can be) combined with rsync to recognise the changed
> files to backup (ie, incremental) after the initial full backup.
>
> On a sysadmin list that I lurk on many posters to that list swear by
> backuppc.  I haven't looked into whether it will write direct to
> removable media, but a little reading will tell that.
>
> HTH.
>
> Regards, Gavin.
>
>
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